Informed Consent and CAM: Truth Not Optional (Jann Bellamy) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/informed-consent-and-cam-truth-not-optional/CAM claims to be patient-centered; but in practice it fails to protect patient autonomy, withholding information from the patient. A CAM or integrative medicine provider has a legal and ethical duty to disclose scientific implausibility and lack of efficacy as a part of the informed consent process.

Perpetual Motion: More on the Bravewell Report (Mark Crislip) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/perpetual-motion-more-on-the-bravewell-report/ The Bravewell Report on integrative medicine advocates integrating fantasy with reality. Truth matters. Medicine should be based on the best approximation of reality that the scientific method can provide, not on questionable beliefs or considerations of popularity and profit. Flexner (who fought to eliminate non-science-based medical schools) must be spinning in his grave.